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Hare Mosaic as tourist lure

12:54pm Friday 14th June 2013

WITH regards to the Hare Mosaic at the Brewery Court, I think it would be more sensible to spend money on refurbishing it as a tourist attraction.

Population is the problem

12:52pm Friday 14th June 2013

I AGREE that it is really sad to see rural landscapes disappearing under houses, but it is to completely miss the problem, and the correct target, to start complaining about the endless need for ever more houses.

We will guard badgers' setts

12:50pm Friday 14th June 2013

WE ARE the Gloucestershire Badger Defenders - a 300 strong group dedicated to saving our badgers from unnecessary slaughter. We have read the science, we have read the reports. We know that this cull is a pointless exercise deigned to keep the farmers quiet.

Population Growth Inevitably Means Less Rural Landscapes

Population Growth Inevitably Means Less Rural Landscapes

2:51pm Wednesday 12th June 2013

I AGREE that it is really sad to see rural landscapes disappearing under houses, but it is to completely miss the problem, and the correct target, to start complaining about the endless need for ever more houses. So few people are thinking and campaigning about the exploding population in this country. You just cannot stick your head in the sand and say you don't mind, or you even approve of population growth, but you don't want any more houses or other nasty development round here. People must have homes, so either we all campaign for smaller families and less immigration, or we must accept the inevitable consequences, and it's going to need a lot more developments like that proposed at Chesterton to provide the three million houses said to be needed over the next decade or so, and that's only for starters. Endless population growth demands endless new housing.

Gloucestershire Badger Defenders Take a Stand

2:33pm Wednesday 12th June 2013

WE ARE the Gloucestershire Badger Defenders - a 300 strong group dedicated to saving our badgers from unnecessary slaughter. We have read the science, we have read the reports. We know that this cull is a pointless exercise deigned to keep the farmers quiet.

Poem About the House of Lords

2:20pm Wednesday 12th June 2013

Joining the house of Peers

When is the "Cotswolds" not the Cotswolds?

2:11pm Wednesday 12th June 2013

IN REPLY to Bill Fletcher's letter (Standard, June 6) regarding the ‘boundary of the Cotswolds’, I offer the following.

Wide Gulf Between CDC Planners and Residents

1:56pm Wednesday 12th June 2013

THE packed Chesterton Community Project meeting, on June 5, revealed a very wide gulf between Cotswold District Council planners and residents. It soon became apparent that CDC planners had almost completely ignored residents' responses to the 2011 Core Strategy. CDC planners were apparently unaware of the daily morning traffic congestion and road safety issues on roads leading to the Stroud Road/Tetbury Road roundabout, and to a lesser extent the Chesterton Lane/Somerford Road crossroads.

Expensive Housing Developments put People of Cirencester and on the Track to Swindon.

1:37pm Wednesday 12th June 2013

YOUR front page article - Battle plans drawn in homes war (Standard, June 6), highlights an issue which will affect not only the residents of Chesterton, but will dramatically impact the whole of Cirencester.

Tourist Attraction more Appropriate Than the Hare Mosaic

Tourist Attraction more Appropriate Than the Hare Mosaic

3:32pm Wednesday 12th June 2013

WITH regards to the Hare Mosaic at the Brewery Court, I think it would be more sensible to spend money on refurbishing it as a tourist attraction. Rather that, than having a boarded up empty new building that no one wants to rent, standing there for the next who knows how many years! Although I guess it would match Wildmoor’s other empty landmarks in the town.

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